Childhood and education

Schleiermacher was the son of Gottlieb and Katharina-Maria (née Stubenrauch) Schleiermacher. His father, a Reformed (Calvinist) military chaplain, and his mother both came from families of clergymen. He had an older sister, Charlotte, and a younger brother, Carl.

From 1783 to 1785 he attended a school of the Moravian Brethren ... (100 of 1,412 words)